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Number of Syrian Refugees Hits 1 Million, U.N. Says

Date Published:

03/06/2013

Summary:

The relentless exodus of Syrians fleeing two years of increasingly violent conflict pushed the number of refugees in neighboring countries passed the million mark on Wednesday, the United Nations Refugee agency said, warning that resources for helping them are dangerously thin. (..) An additional worry for relief agencies is that the funding received from donors has failed to keep pace with the accelerating scale of refugee needs.